Coach: Jeff Godfrey, J.J. Worton expected to return to UCF

UCF football coach George O'Leary said Tuesday that he expects former UCF quarterback Jeff Godfrey to rejoin the team. He also stated that suspended wide receiver J.J. Worton will return after the summer.

"The expectations are that Jeff Godfrey will be back," UCF associate director of athletics communications Brian Ormiston said.

Godfrey, who left UCF this offseason after a down sophomore campaign in 2011, will likely be used as a wide receiver and third-string, option-based quarterback for the Knights.

O'Leary also said that Worton— a rising sophomore that was suspended from spring practice after an arrest in March in which he was charged with felony resisting arrest with violence and felony battery on a police officer, according to Orange County jail records—will be eligible to play at the start of preseason camp.

The current academic standing for both players is unclear at this point. The timetable on Godfrey's exact return was also unclear.

He was on academic probation in the spring semester. UCF released a public statement Dec. 12 declaring that Godfrey was ineligible to participate in spring practice due to an undisclosed violation of university policy unrelated to the football program.

Godfrey met with O'Leary after the season ended and eventually informed him he planned to leave the program.

O'Leary refused to acknowledge the personal attacks and shifted his focus to preparing Bortles and the Knights for the 2012 season.

Jeff Godfrey has spent the spring semester in Miami and has stayed in touch with the UCF coaches. He told FAUOwlAccess.com a few months ago he was heavily considering transferring to FAU, but he had not made a final decision about his future plans.